Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Elkton, MD ranks #2,300 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,372 patents from 292 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elkton, MD include E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And, Lanxide Technology, W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh. That works out to 86.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 292 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert D. Fallon E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 63
2 Danny R. White Lanxide Technology 46
3 Raymond B. Minor W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 38
#4 Robert F. Buckman Damage Control Surgical Technologies 30
#5 Harry R. Zwicker Lanxide Technology 26
#5 William P. McConnell United States Postal Service 26
#7 Sherif A. Eskaros W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 23
#7 George W. Wagner US Army 23
#7 Stephen Tsiarkezos Engineered Floors 23
#10 Jeffrey James Hendron Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 22
#11 Michael C. Withiam J.M. Huber 21
#12 James W. Mann Illinois Tool Works 20
#13 William F. Smith Eastman Kodak 19
#14 Robert Bennett Ishida Co. 18
#14 Randall F. Chapman P.T. Rom And Associates 18
#14 Ivars V. Ivansons Denco 18
#17 George E. Heinsohn E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 17
#17 Joseph G. Yaritz Daramic 17
#19 Mark A. Smith AT&T 16
#19 Andre Berghmans 16
#21 Frank M. Chapman P.T. Rom And Associates 15
#22 Ralph Douglas Cope Composite Technology & Applications Limited 14
#22 Haytham Hussein Greatbatch-Sierra 14
#22 Kerry Lynn Miller Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 14
#22 Charles Park Wilson Sensormatic Electronics 14
#22 Eric W. Teather Abl Ip Holding 14
#22 Kevin J. Yarema The Johns Hopkins University 14
#28 Yuri Gulevich Basell Poliolefine Italia S.R.L. 12
#28 Timothy A. Webb JPMorgan Chase 12
#30 Robert R. Odle Alchemix 11
#30 Walter F. Michel Comcast 11
#30 James Long The University Of Liverpool 11
#33 William D. Kelsey W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 10
#33 Thomas Francis Pahutski, Jr. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 10
#33 Jessica Diane Janes Ball Horticultural 10
#33 George Lein Rohm And Haas 10
#33 Amita Shukla 10
#33 Davis Freeman Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics 10
#33 Daniele Bigiavi Basell Poliolefine Italia S.R.L. 10
#40 John G. Nowland Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 9
#40 Nina Barnett Zenith Products 9
#40 James A. Hartwell Thiokol 9
#40 Susan Knowlton E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 9
#44 Bruce Charles Gomes Rinat Neuroscience 8
#44 Robert E. Hume United States Postal Service 8
#44 Todd M. Willis Federal-Mogul Worldwide 8
#44 William Jeffrey Allard Bayer Healthcare 8
#44 Richard Gebert Gore Enterprise Holdings 8
#44 Daniel E. Hubis W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 8
#44 James W. Stave Strategic Diagnostics 8

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